A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment

P. Border; P. Cushman; K. Heller; D. Maxam; J. K. Nelson; K. Ruddick; R. Rusack; R. Schwienhorst; T. Berg; T. Chase; M. Hansen; C. Bower; R. Hatcher; R. Heinz; L. Miller; S. Mufson

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A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment

P. Border, P. Cushman, K. Heller, D. Maxam, J. K. Nelson, K. Ruddick, R. Rusack, R. Schwienhorst, T. Berg, T. Chase, M. Hansen, C. Bower, R. Hatcher, R. Heinz, L. Miller, S. Mufson

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We present the concept and design of a liquid scintillator detector for a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Neutrinos interact in 2.5 cm thick steel plates alternating with 2.0 cm thick planes of liquid scintillator. The scintillator is contained in multicell PVC extrusions containing individual 2 cm × 3 cm cells up to 8 m long. Readout of the scintillation light is via wavelength-shifting fibers which transport light to pixellated photodetectors at one end of the cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	194-204
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	463
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00525-3
State	Published - May 1 2001

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Funding Information:
We wish to thank our colleagues in the MINOS collaboration for their constructive criticism and support. Many of the measurements described here were made by undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Minnesota. The work was supported in part by the US Department of Energy and the University of Minnesota.

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Liquid scintillation detectors
Long baseline neutrino oscillation
Neutrino detectors

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Border, P., Cushman, P., Heller, K., Maxam, D., Nelson, J. K., Ruddick, K., Rusack, R., Schwienhorst, R., Berg, T., Chase, T., Hansen, M., Bower, C., Hatcher, R., Heinz, R., Miller, L., & Mufson, S. (2001). A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 463(1-2), 194-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00525-3

A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. / Border, P.; Cushman, P.; Heller, K. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 463, No. 1-2, 01.05.2001, p. 194-204.

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Border, P, Cushman, P , Heller, K, Maxam, D, Nelson, JK, Ruddick, K, Rusack, R, Schwienhorst, R, Berg, T, Chase, T, Hansen, M, Bower, C, Hatcher, R, Heinz, R, Miller, L & Mufson, S 2001, 'A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 463, no. 1-2, pp. 194-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00525-3

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